Train to teach with the East Kent Learning Alliance with the School Direct teacher training route.

To book your place on any of our information sessions please go to:  https://www.ekla.org.uk/itt/school-direct

For a limited period only, schools in Thanet, Ashford, Crawley, Gravesham. Hastings, Lewes and Medway are eligible for full funding of the course.

The DfE has recently confirmed that £10 million of the Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund (TLIF) has been set aside to support teachers and leaders in challenging areas to access the reformed National Professional Qualifications (NPQs).

This funding will cover the full participant costs of the course for teachers working in an Opportunity Area or a priority area (defined by the DfE as a category 5 or 6 ‘Achieving Excellence’ area - see below 1).

Teacher Training routes with School Direct in East Kent

School led teacher training routes with School Direct. You will be based in one school, learning on the job alongside and with outstanding practitioners. Successful completion of a School Direct teacher training programme with the East Kent Learning Alliance (EKLA ), will lead to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

EKLA are looking for high quality graduates with:

• a commitment to working with young people
• good communication skills
• a fascination with the learning process
• a love of their subject
• the ability to motivate and enthuse young people
• experience of working with young people, particularly in a school environment, strengthens an application
• a desire to make a difference

For further information:

https://www.ekla.org.uk/itt

https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/

Applications for September 2019 start are managed by UCAS through a single admissions system and open on 9th October via UCAS.

For more detailed information:   http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/teacher-training

Applications are now open for Cohort 12 of NPQML and SL programmes with EKLA, commencing in June and July 2018.

• Local delivery team comprises serving school leaders
• Face to face sessions held in local East Kent and Canterbury schools
• Bespoke delivery, which reflects the national and local education landscape

'Effective teaching requires considerable knowledge and skill, which should be developed as teachers’ careers progress.  High-quality professional development requires workplaces to be steeped in rigorous scholarship, with professionals continually developing and supporting each other so that pupils benefit from the best possible teaching' - DfE: Standard for teachers’ professional development

Our current CPD courses on offer.  All of our courses take place in East Kent Schools: